Here's your round-up of all the latest rugby news from Wales and beyond for Wednesday June 22.
Kieran Hardy says Wales are more than capable of proving their critics wrong in South Africa this summer.
Wayne Pivac's men are gearing up for the three-Test series against the Springboks, with the opening game pencilled in for July 2 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
Wales call up uncapped 21-year-old Harri O'Connor for South Africa tour in shock announcement
They are undoubtedly the underdogs against the world champions, but scrum-half Hardy says his team cannot be written off.
"I don't think you can ever write a team off, particularly with the characters and experience we have in this squad," he said.
"Obviously we know that some of the performances in the Six Nations didn't go our way but we know we're a better team than that.
"It's a great challenge for us, playing against the best team in the world. Those are the challenges you want to be a part of.
"We've prepared really well in the last couple of weeks. We had a little game in house last week, 15 on 15, which was really good for us.
"We're going there with the mindset that we can win every game. That will always be our aim."
Wales women's captain Siwan Lillicrap has joined Gloucester-Hartpury from Premier 15s rivals Bristol Bears.
The 34-year-old back row has spent the last two seasons with the Bears, and helped them make the Premier 15s semi-finals last month.
Lillicrap, who was the first female player to win a professional contract from the WRU, has won 45 caps for her country, and is the second international to join the club this week after England flanker Alex Matthews.
"She is a great player and I am really excited to see her in the squad as I know she'll have a
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